Why are trains being stopped!?

Question

I saw it on the news and i was like '' Omg thats well tight ''

and i was also like '' Thats ruining peoples christmas's ''

and people know it's christmas and people want to get to their reletives quicker and my mum was like '' If i got an advanced ticket, and i was held up i would go and sew the company'' and i agree with her. So why are they not letting people on trains?

Answer 1

The big man Crow

He say No!

so like a load of little lemmings, they all followed.

Of course, he was alright though -- He didn't have a wife and a house full of kids to provide for while his members were off work at his behest........

so that made it alright.

OF COURSE, HE DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT ALL THE POOR b******s WHO WERE STRANDED ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

Answer 2

Assuming that you are referring to the Central Trains strike by conducters, the industrial dispute is about pay and rostering arrangements.

They have a strike at Christmas because it will cause maximum inconvenience.  If they had a strike when nobody wanted to travel, it wouldn't have much effect, would it?

Usually when conducters go on strike, a limited service is run, with managers performing conducters duties.  I guess the managers didn't fancy working Christmas eve.

Incidentally, Central Trains will not lose much money because of this.  No fines will be payable to Network Rail, because the company will just blame the union action.

I hope this answers your question, Vicki.

Answer 3

c**p HAPPENS IN THIS WORLD....

Answer 4

why does it read like Vicky pollard has written this question, get a relative to buy you dictionary for Christmas, we don't know which trains stopping you are referring to, Central Trains strike? all trains stopped over the Christmas period.

Central Trains went on strike for more pay, as for those who deem them "lazy barstards" i challenge each of them to board a train which has a load of drunken football fans travelling and slim hopes of British Transport police arriving to your train.and see how well you do at it.

If however it is for the Christmas period most train companies close for Christmas, apart from i think the airport services. which no-body would sell any Advance tickets for because these do not show up in the system.

I'm afraid you cannot "Sue" not "sew" anybody for holding you up because strike action is on any Internet site and station and this is your job to check before departing, as is Christmas.

hope this answers you queries

Answer 5

I work for South West Trains so I know why they are closed on christmas day and boxing day. It is to allow for network rail to do loads of the engineering works when the least ammount of poeple are likely to travel. People like me get a nice paid 2 days off work too! I would't work xmas day lol!

Answer 6

I guess your talking about Central Trains being on strike, they have striked at other times of the year but it's only being made a big deal about this time of year as it's Christmas.  Not all train companies work on Xmas eve/boxing day and there are other modes of transport to use to get around the country - planes, coaches, buses.  Leaving travelling home for Christmas until Xmas is leaving it a bit late if you are relying to travel on public transport as there is usually no margin for error as it is a limited service anyway.

Other companies have striked over Christmas but they are not mentioned as much as train companies.  Nobody likes to work over Christmas but some people have to.

Answer 7

Mark  the lads out East would have liked a day off Xmas but surprise they didn't get one!! so think on pal

Answer 8

i just wouldnt notice the difference...never on time or substitute coach thats late......makes my life real difficult..

Answer 9

As has been said above we in the railway like Christmas too !!

if the question is referring to full trains then unfortunately as the system has been run down for many years and the system is often at capacity around this time of year .

Finlay referring to the Central Train services, no body likes strikes

but it must be remembered that much of Centrals operating area was heavily affected by engineering work and the trains would have been severely affected anyway. What made it worse for the travelling public was the fact that the buses booked to cover affected routes were cancelled by the company in response to the strike being called

Answer 10

Probably because the staff deserve a break for christmas aswell. Would you be happy if your employer asked you to work Christmas Day...

Answer 11

How do you SEW the company?

Answer 12

lazy b******s at south east rail want more money!!!

Answer 13

There's probably air on the track or something. How do you sew a company anyway? Is it like sueing? soz to be a smug d**k.

Answer 14

Union lads wanted a longer holiday so they strike which means they are home anyway.

Answer 15

The trains are on  strike

Answer 16

Well there are two reasons.

The 1st one relates to the Midlands, and that is that the staff of Central Trains went on Strike, mind I do not know what it's over!

The 2nd one relates to Track Maintenance, which of course has to take place. Throughout the year maintenance Gangs check out the track but normally there is a 2-4 hours gap between the last freight train & the first freight train, so only small areas can be checked. While its al ittle differant on Christmas Day as nothing is running on the lines as the train Operating Companies close down. thus it means that its the perfect day to carry out the maintainence.  Last Christmas there was a major bridge replaced near Clapham, and this year the same is happening in Goring Oxfordshire.

I hope that it explains your question.

Answer 17

indians, there is a national cowboy shortage at the moment so the redskins are running riot. (no offence to any of the indian nations) all the cowboys are working on road improvments on the m18

Answer 18

Everyone has to have an holiday even the train drivers.

Answer 19

Back in 2000 my mother passed away I'm in Wiltshire and my mum was in Scotland i phoned and got all the info went to the station got on the train paid the money to Scotland via London the guard queried this I said I had talked to some one on the phone and was told there was a train at midnight or r some time I would get in to Edinburgh in Time to be picked up by my sis and go straight to the funeral the guard phoned his boss and was told there was no trains after 10pm and I would be to late to get up to London to connect so the guard gave me my money back got the train to stop at local station phoned another train coming in the opposite direction to pick be up and drop be of at home this was about 10/15 days before Christmas 2000 so i missed my own mothers funeral. when I complained to the rail i got a£10. pound voucher for travel only so I sent it back and told them to sticker where the sun don't shine.  So if all you miss is Xmas's be happy????

Answer 20

"Passengers Hit By Striking Trains"- old Manchester Evening News headline.

Answer 21

There on strike

Answer 22

Central Trains conductor guards are on strike (Thank you as ever, Mr Bob Crow) affecting trains in the Midlands mainly.

Answer 23

its xmas

Answer 24

D'you know, I don't think I've EVER seen so many cases where the words "THEIR" and "THEY'RE" have been wrongly replaced by "THERE".  Obviously travelling (or not!) by rail damages the use of the English language as to make it almost unreadable !

Answer 25

Can you believe it there on strike.

the only day of the year when people want to go somewhere on a train instead of needing to and there on strike.

Answer 26

The conductors at Central Trains which serve the midlands of the UK (not south-east trains as one reply says) were on strike yesterday, Christmas Eve, over holiday pay rates. Whether or not they have a justified complaint, I don't know. I'm not prepared to call them 'lazy b......s' like another reponse did, as I have no idea how the holiday pay they were being offered compared with that offered by other companies. Does seem a bit mean to strike when, as you say, lots of people were travelling for Christmas. Also, as others have said, there are no services anywhere on Christmas Day or Boxing Day as has been normal practice for very many years.

Answer 27

Are you referring to the fact that trains are not running on Christmas Day or Boxing Day? If so, then it is the case that trains have not run on these days for many years. If you are referring to the strike that affected Central Trains services just before Christmas, then this was a strike over pay. Pretty mean of the union to hit people like this, but there you go - trade union militancy is seldom very nice. I don't think anyone will get very far if they 'sew' the train company (or even sue them!)